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doc_ick··on Tiobe Index for September 2026: Python Drops Below 18%, Julia Near Top 20
Curious, I wonder why Visual Basic is so high up on the list?
doc_ick··on US gov sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
Fair enough, I think we are in agreement then. I just greatly dislike the platitudes of OpenAI or llm companies being on a high horse with laws, when something like this happens and bends backwards against general ownership.

1 single person in their basement would be thrown in jail for downloading the whole internet, but a company with “plans” is fine.

doc_ick··on US gov sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
As you said earlier, OpenAI can do nothing wrong whatsoever with the data/computation they have for their “greater purpose”.

We disagree on this point.

doc_ick··on It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis
I would disagree with the Anubis effectiveness falling off, but the llm bros are throwing life itself into training to defeat any “perceived” challenge.
doc_ick··on US gov sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
I guess we can agree to disagree, as I don’t think I can ever 100% trust any unregulated company with infinite data/computation. *regardless of their perceived goal

They may say they have the best of intentions, but call me skeptical.

doc_ick··on US gov sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
That is a large enough gray area for me that I think it should be more regulated. If llms do truly help “a greater good” then the company, govt, or something should pay or work with the data hosters. Otherwise it’s back to llm company needs your biometrics to save the world…eventually…, but trust them.
doc_ick··on “Next-token predictor” is the wrong mental model for LLMs
Would still say it’s a token predictor, a fancy one though. I suppose we can agree to disagree.
doc_ick··on Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
Sounds like a fun llm that’s “fixing” things.
doc_ick··on US gov sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
So for you, everyone should only be good as the worst nation.
doc_ick··on “Next-token predictor” is the wrong mental model for LLMs
Thank you for providing an arxiv!

An aside, I finally do appreciate single column format now, makes it easier to convert to epub.

doc_ick··on Learn Programming with OCaml
I mean if you want to let llms do everything for you go ahead. Wall-e implications aside, it seems like a great self centric life.
doc_ick··on Learn Programming with OCaml
If you ignore history everything is perfect, or at least a controlled slight deviation.
doc_ick··on “Next-token predictor” is the wrong mental model for LLMs
Please feel free to cite sources then, otherwise I see no relevancy from you.
doc_ick··on “Next-token predictor” is the wrong mental model for LLMs
Just skimming through here but I think you have the wrong ideas with llms, I’d recommend Andrew Ngs course (correct me if you’ve already seen it or something similar).
doc_ick··on “Next-token predictor” is the wrong mental model for LLMs
Why isn’t ranking the score of an llm output against what it is “supposedly” predicting?
doc_ick··on “Next-token predictor” is the wrong mental model for LLMs
Just like how reading a math book doesn’t teach you math, why do they make us read anyway? (Sarcasm) if reading a blog post didn’t teach someone how a car works how come it “can” work for next token predictors
doc_ick··on “Next-token predictor” is the wrong mental model for LLMs
Oh that’s ez, for software we know that has bugs, one reason could be the cost of fixing isn’t worth it.
doc_ick··on Stop Thinking of LLMs as Next-Token Predictors
100%
doc_ick··on Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive
Are you saying laws shouldn’t restrict any company that give out an open source next-token iterator?

I think that’s more hopium ethics.

doc_ick··on US gov sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
…you’re saying the folks who tried suing OpenAI for accumulating their data filed a stupid copyright? And dead?
doc_ick··on A mysterious kidney disease has arrived in Texas
Just the lack of regulation becoming an issue
doc_ick··on A mysterious kidney disease has arrived in Texas
I don’t have access to a 16-digit code, can you share?
doc_ick··on A mysterious kidney disease has arrived in Texas
Don’t worry, raw milk will save the day

*they said crying

doc_ick··on Florida revokes permits for license plate readers on state highways
*not
doc_ick··on Florida revokes permits for license plate readers on state highways
Probably that it’s blue and is run by a non Christian is my bet.
doc_ick··on I used Fable to rewrite 65kLoC of Go in Rust. It cost $400
How? Is there a working example? I ended up switching to go before I started digging down the rabbit hole of vagrant based builds
doc_ick··on US gov sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
Copyright law can be misused and can inhibit some advancement, but the fact that “certain groups” or “certain companies” can just ignore laws with no ramifications is something else. If it’s probably life-saving or a pipeline of a dream (see Elon musk always promising FSD), then they should pay or prove the end result.
doc_ick··on Show HN: It Was Never You
You know this has taken time to sift in my head, personally I disdain it as for me it seems more similar to a real product or a PoC.

My definition of a tech provocation would be a plain website, showcasing the idea and potentially exaggerating to prove point. I think the point of making a website, seemingly making a full app, putting it on the App Store, and setting up a paid plan seems to have intention to provide a real product.

But alas, I am salt cube using a paper map so my path may be wrong and salty

doc_ick··on Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal
Don’t worry, I’m sure they they tested each and every llm provider equally, especially Twitter.
doc_ick··on Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems
All right Mike Lindell calm down
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